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Richard Matheson: Collected Stories, Vol 1
Richard Matheson Collected Stories Vol 1 Author:Richard Matheson, Stanley Wiater (Editor) The first volume of RICHARD MATHESON: COLLECTED STORIES. The three volumes are the gathering together of 86 Richard Matheson short stories, beginning with Born of Man and Woman from 1950 and ending with Duel from 1971. The stories were arranged by Matheson himself roughly in chronological order of original publication. There are also sever... more »al tributes to Richard Matheson throughout the volumes from admirers such as Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, William F. Nolan, and others. Finally, Matheson wrote a deeply revealing Introduction for the collection. As Matheson himself states in this Introduction, "A twenty-year period of creativity reduced to the psychological background of my output of fantasy and science-fiction stories. If this were a thesis, that would be my premise".
As with Volume Two and Three, for Volume One editor Stanley Wiater has included a "bibliophile" at the end of each story containing Matheson's very own commentary on the behind-the-scenes details of each story.
Contents:
Editor's Preface (Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Volume One) (2003) • essay by Stanley Wiater
Born of Man and Woman (1950);
Third from the Sun (1950);
When the Waker Sleeps (1950) (variant of The Waker Dreams);
Blood Son (1951) (variant of Drink My Red Blood...);
Clothes Make the Man (1951);
Dress of White Silk (1951);
Return (1951);
The Thing (1951);
Through Channels (1951);
Witch War (1951);
Advance Notice (1952) (variant of Richard Matheson's Letter to the Editor);
Brother to the Machine (1952);
F--- (1952) (variant of The Foodlegger);
Lover When You're Near Me (1952);
Mad House (1953);
Shipshape Home (1952);
SRL Ad (1952);
To Fit the Crime (1952);
Death Ship (1953);
Disappearing Act (1953);
The Disinheritors (1953);
Dying Room Only (1953);
Full Circle (1953);
The Last Day (1953);
Lazarus II (1953);
Legion of Plotters (1953);
Little Girl Lost (1953);
Long Distance Call (1953) (variant of Sorry, Right Number).